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The United Nations asked Arrowhead if it'd give a talk on psychological manipulation by totalitarian states (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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"Actually, we got a message from the UN asking if we want to talk, in some form, about psychological defense against manipulation," added Pilestedt. This might all sound like the game is getting a little too real, but he said the key was in finding the right tone and using the imagery in an almost educational way: "We do it all in fun and good spirits, and we actually try to get people to recognize the science of what is a totalitarian state. If you start wearing the same uniform as everybody else and do salutes constantly, you might be in a totalitarian regime."

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[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you recognize it as satire, then I think you have nothing to worry about. If you view it as a goal....